UPDATED FOR NEW SPEC. 2025/6. This lesson looks at the structure and features of Anglo-Saxon society. Students learn about earls, thegns, peasant farmers, social status and the earldoms of Anglo-Saxon England.
The 20 slide lesson includes:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: An outline of the exam questions for this topic
- Slide 3: Lesson Progress/Learning Aims
- Slide 4-5: Starter Knowledge True or False Quiz - 12 questions to assess student knowledge about Anglo-Saxon England with answers.
- Slide 6: Starter Activity - What do the two maps teach you about Anglo-Saxon England? With answers
- Slide 7-8: Background information about Edward the Confessor, Anglo-Saxon Earldoms and Danelaw
- Slide 9: Social hierarchy of Anglo-Saxon England activity with answers
- Slide 10: Background information diagram about Anglo-Saxon society
- Slide 11-12: Task 1 with instructions and printable table and gap fill activity.
- Slide 13: Gap fill answers for student self assessment
- Slide 14: Challenge questions
- Slide 15-16: Exam Focus - examples of the ‘one feature’ exam question with printable answer sheets
- Slide 17-18: Learning Review - True or False with answers
- Slide 19: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 20: More from RA Resources
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An excellent resource, nice activities. Very useful for a non Historian who finds herself teaching History. I wish I could afford the bundle!
Really high quality resources for this unit - as with all RAR resources. Looking forward to seeing more Anglo-Saxon and Norman resources come on as they're so useful. Thanks a lot.
This resource is fantastic for engaging and motivating students. All RAResources are the same and my students love them. Thanks for producing such brilliant lessons.
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